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Electric utility company Florida Power & Light has signed on as the official solar energy provider of the FIA Formula E race in downtown Miami. The sponsorship deal for the first electric car race held in the U.S. was announced on Monday. Andretti Sports Marketing, organizer of the Miami ePrix, ...

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TalkSport owner UTV Media suffered a 15.9% decline in pre-tax profits last year, with no major int'l football tournament, but "expects its performance to pick up in 2014 helped by the World Cup in Brazil," according to John Reynolds of the London GUARDIAN. The company also disclosed that it is "cons ...

Thailand's Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission warned Monday that RS, Thailand's broadcasting right holders for this summer's FIFA World Cup, "runs the risk of being fined" up to 17.3M baht ($538,800), should the company fail to allow all 64 matches from Brazil to b ...

German pay-TV operator Sky "is very satisfied with the development of its sports news channel Sky Sport News HD," which was launched in '12, according to Alexander Krei of DWDL. The channel's "daily average viewership has increased by 57%, from 210,000 viewers in '12 to 330,000 in '13." During the l ...

German pay-TV operator Sky "has renewed its broadcast deal for The Masters golf tournament," according to Malte van Oven of GOLF POST. Sky announced that it "has extended its contract with The Masters for multiple years." The pay-TV network "did not disclose the exact length of the extension." In ad ...

German private-TV channel RTL “recorded an average of 3.12 million viewers for its broadcast of the Australian F1 Grand Prix on Sunday morning,” according to Alexander Krei of DWDL. The number translated into a market share of 43.2%. RTL’s broadcast of the season-opening race, whi ...

The Spanish Football League (LFP) and multimedia group Mediapro have signed an agreement with Swedish technology company 123on, which will offer an app allowing fans to watch high-definition video clips of La Liga and Spanish second division goals and game summaries on their mobile phones. Fans will ...

Telemundo Media and Chevrolet announced that they have teamed up to create a new digital sports reality series, "La Cueva de la Fiera," available on www.Telemundo.com/lacuevadelafiera. Supported by a 360° degree promotional campaign and produced in partnership with Chevrolet, the weekly webisode ...

All 10 rounds of the '14-15 FIA Formula E Championship will be televised live and free-to-air in the U.K. after series organizers confirmed a broadcast deal with U.K. network ITV. Brokered by int'l media company MP & Silva, the ITV agreement adds to existing deals with Fox Sports and Japan&rsquo ...

Singapore "will be one of the most expensive places in the world to watch football's World Cup in June," according to Chua & Ong of the STRAITS TIMES. Pay-TV operator SingTel announced that it will cost $105, excluding goods and services tax, "to catch all 64 matches of the month-long tournament ...

French pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports "has acquired the rights in France for the 2014 FIFA World Cup," according to SOCCEREX.
In a sublicensing deal with commercial broadcaster TF1, beIN "will show live coverage of all 64 World Cup matches from Brazil, including 36 on an exclusive basis." The agreem ...